Land Rover Defender 90 "Go Beyond" - Jeep Captain

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i can tell you, reliability was a major issue....not to mention the poor fuel efficiency.

Dear GordonGekko , Thanks for the info about your experience with LR. But I tend to disagree, atleast about this vehicle. I will explain...this defender was not driven much for almost 3 years and after I bought it,without doing much maintenance I drove it all the way ( almost non stop) from Nagpur to Kerala. Where as support vehicle for the Defender which was a Maruti Gypsy had many issues during the trip and broke down twice or thrice.

I also have a LR Discovery Series 1 which has a V8 Petrol engine and I am having major issues with Engine. So you are right about the LR's having V8 petrol engines.
But My Defender has a 2.5 L NA Diesel which is suppose to be very reliable and returns decent fuel average.

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Originally Posted by dhanushs

Hey Shibu, where is the work carried out?. Is it down south, in my place?

Dear Dhanush, It was getting done in Cochin. Now moved to Coimbatore for getting an External Roll Cage and some other body armour works.

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Originally Posted by fazalaliadil

Shibu,
It is the LWB Series II that has been restored, amazing detailing done sticking to originality.Regards,

Dear Fazal Sir, I thought so. Because there are hardly any Defender 110's for sale in India. :-)

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Originally Posted by Sudarshan

Please check the rear coils & suspension linkage , she is sitting low at back side , ( may be I am wrong here , just saying it by looking at pics )
Also check for insect net on front cabin ventilators
Sudarshan

Dear Sudarshan , Thanks for those tips. I think you are right. She is sitting low at the back which I did not notice until you mentioned. Let me verify that and I will get the coils springs replaced if required. Same with Insect net on cabin ventillators. I will get both sorted out.Raju bhai, You have eagle eyes I must say.
Cheeers
Shibu

Dear GordonGekko , Thanks for the info about your experience with LR. But I tend to disagree, atleast about this vehicle. I will explain...this defender was not driven much for almost 3 years and after I bought it,without doing much maintenance I drove it all the way ( almost non stop) from Nagpur to Kerala. Where as support vehicle for the Defender which was a Maruti Gypsy had many issues during the trip and broke down twice or thrice.

Good to see the LR finally making some progress again after a long break. Just wanted to ask you, can you give details of the kind of troubles the gypsy faced during your long trip from nagpur to Kerala? and also can you give details of your gypsy, model yr, odo reading, where it was purchased( new, used, ex-army).

I Being a big fan of the gypsy, would love to know from ppl with 1st hand experience about how it performs as a long distance mile muncher .

Good to see the LR finally making some progress again after a long break. Just wanted to ask you, can you give details of the kind of troubles the gypsy faced during your long trip from nagpur to Kerala? and also can you give details of your gypsy, model yr, odo reading, where it was purchased( new, used, ex-army).
I Being a big fan of the gypsy, would love to know from ppl with 1st hand experience about how it performs as a long distance mile muncher .

Dear amrisharm, ,Thanks bro. Well regarding my Gypsy you can find a separate thread about it .See it below.

Regarding the breakdowns, I was just giving comparison between LR and Gypsy and not exactly saying Gypsy is prone to breakdown or anything.The breakdowns were minor & was rectified soon.

I have travelled all over India in that same Gypsy through 18 states. Went from Delhi to Kerala/ Cochin twice and I took the same Gypsy to Leh Last year.

The same Gypsy has done three Desert Storm Rallies 2009, 2010 & 2011 as Marshal. I have three more Gypsies in my collection and in total I had 8 Gypsies in last 16 years and all variants including a diesel one.

During my trip to Leh from Delhi. The same Gypsy performed superbly well. We did even not experience a flat tyre. In short If you prepare it well any Gypsy can travel across countries. The one I am talking about is a 14 year old King carb model. Hope you understand what I am saying. :-)

Coming back to My Land Rover Defender. Its out of the body shop and see pics below.